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Duke  University  Libraries 
Letter  from  the 
Conf  Pam  q#21 

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Confederate  States  of  America, 

POST  OFFICE  DEl'ARIMr.ST,  Al'POISTMFST  UVIiEAV, 

Richmond,  Va.,  June  10, 18C3. 
SIR:  •  - 

I  am  instnictcd  by  the  Postmaeter  Generni  to  transmit  the  followina;  law  and  diicctions  for  your 
observance  and  govcrumciit  iii  the  discharge  of  your  odicial  duties,  and  to  jull  your  especial  attention  to 
Uiem.  ' 

Very  respectfully, 

B.  N.CLE^[ENTS, 
CIvif  of  the  AjipoinlmaU  Bureau. 


POSTAGE  ON  NEWSPAPERS,  I?ERIODTCALS,  BOOKS,  &c. 

An  Act  to  presr.rihe  the  Hates  nf  Pottage  on  l^etcspnpers.  Periodicals,  Books  and  transient  and  other  mailer,  and  to  rip'al,  in 
part,  the  second  section  of  the  Act  approved  May  the  Ihirleenlh,  eighlcen  bundr<d  and  sixlij-one,  to  amend  "An  Act  to 
prescribe  the  Kales  of  Postagk  in  the  Confederate  i>lates  of  America,  and  for  other  purposes,"  approved  Fr.bruari/  tlie 
twenty-third,  eighteen  hundred  jcnd  sixty-one.  ,  i 

The  Congress  of  the  Covfeilrrnte  Slal'^s  of  Amrrica  do  enact.  That  Oio  rnti'S  of  inliini!  postaj3;o  on  rcwspapors,  pnblisboil  in  tlip  f  diifi'- 
Jpratr  States,  and  sent  to  rogiilir  Kiibstii!ii>r8,  sliall  hf  at  tliu  rair  nf  one  cent  lor  each  papor  not  «i'i;;liing  nioii-  thtsn  ihrro  ounces,  ami  for 
eviTy  afliHtional  ounce,  or  fraction  of  all  nunci;,  oiic-h»lf  cent  additional  shall  lie  chiirpf«d  on  each  paper;  and  periuilic»ls  published  oltenc 
than  semi-monthly  shall  ^)e  ch»r<?cd  as  h; "spapers.  The  inland  postage  on  oilier  peiiodicals,  published  in  the  Conlcdi  rate  Stales,  and  Kcr: 
to  aelual  subseriliers,  KJiall  be,  on  the  ^":,'ular  numbers  of  ii  peiiodical.  not  excei'diiif;  one  an<l  ii  half  ounces  in  «ei;,-lit.  one  cent  on  eacK 
nnmber,  and  one  cent  additional  on  <  ;ieh  nddliional  ounce  or  traction  of  an  ounce.  Kegular  subscribers  to  newspapers  and  periodicals  sluil. 
bo  rciiuired  to  pay  Ihe  postage  Ihereiiu  qnnti  iTj-  in  advance,  at  the  oftTce  of  delivery,  unless  paid  at  the  post  office  of  the  phiL-e  of  public;i'ioii 
The  inland  postage  on  everji  other  newspnper,  itnd  on  each  circular  not  sealed,  handbill,  enjjravinp,  pamphlet,  |M-riodica!.  magazine,  er  other 
paper,  which  shall  be  uueonnecled  with  anj'  matiuscripl  or  writlen  niatfer,  and  not  exceeding  one  ounce  in  weight,  shall  be  one  cent,  ani: 
iiii  evffry  additional  ounce  or  fraction  of  an  ounce,  one  cent  additional;  and  liooks,  biuiud  and  unbouud,  not  weighing  over  four  (xvirds, 
■hall  Iw  deenie<l  mailable  matter,  and  the  inland  postage  on  them  shall  be  at  the  rale  of  two  eculs  im  ounce  or  fraction  of  nn  ounce,  isimI  the 
postago.on  all  such  transient  mailer  aud  Imoks  shall  be  prepaid  in  all  eases  except  when  sent  oy  ofiiiius,  musicians  or  piivatesvf  llie  irmy. 
«s  pidvided  for  in  Ihe  .ict  of  .Inly  •Jllth,  fHlil,  relating  to  the  prepayment  of  postage  in  certiini  cases.  And  upon  all  newspapers,  periodicah 
end  books  pviblisheil  beyond  the  limits  if  Iho  Confedi'rate  Stale*,  postage  sliall  be  double  tin-  foregeipf  rates.  On  cafh  number  of  a  nc^^s• 
paper,  unsealed  circular,  or  anj?  other  un  ealed  printed  transient  matter,  placed  in  any  post  ofiicK,  not  for  truusniission,  but  for  delivery  only, 
the  postage  shall  bo  odo  cent.  r 

inri  bc'  in  force,  on  and  after  the  1st  day  of  July,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-three  and  that  the 


lecoiul  section  of  the  act  approv<-d  May  ihe  thirtet-nth,  eighlcen  hundred  and  sixty-one,  entitU:d  "An  Act  to  amend  an  Act  to  ]ircscribe  the 
rates  of  postage  in  the  Confederate  Slaira  of  America,  and  for  other  ])urpo«es,"  approved  I'Vbruary  twenly-lliird,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty- 
one,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealet,  from  and  alter  that  ilate,  except  so  much  of  said  second  action  as  jvuthoriaes  the  piibli.ibers  of 
newspapers  or  periodicals  within  tlii^  Con  cdcrate  Slates  to  send  and  receive  to  and  fro'ji  each  'Hher  from  their  l1•spec^i^•e  offices  ol  pililiculimi 
one  copy  of  each  publication  fii-e  of  pos  age. 
Approved  April  99,  1Ht>3. 

When  the  subscription  toja  newspaper  or  periodical  does  not  cotnmence  with  the  beginning  of  the 
fiscal  quarter  of  the  Department,  payment  of  postage  in  advance  shall  only  be  required  for  the  fraction  of 
Bucb  quarter.  ■  ' 


SPECIAL  NOTICE  TO  ROUTE  AGENTS. 

Route  Agents  ore  diroctid  to  u4|  all  proper  diligence  in  preventing  newspaj>er  dealers  and  news  boys 
from  conveying  and  selling  newspapers  or  periodicals  aloug  the  mail  route's,  unless  the  postage  has  been 
prepaid  at  the  post  office  nearest  the  piace  of  publication  or  purchase  thereof,  which  prepayment  shall  be 
indicated  by  the  stamp  of  such  post  office,  or  by  writing,  upon  each  paper  so  sent;  and  to  report  to  thit. 
Department  all  cases  of  the  kind  that  come  to  their  knowledge.  To  detect  any  violations  of  this  law 
they  should,  at  proper  times,  close  their  mail  cars,  and  jwss  through  the  trains. 

The  conveyance  of  letters,  or  other  mailable  matter,  by  e.xpress  or  other  companies,  their  agents  or 
employees,  is  forbidden  by  taw,  and  Route  Agents  are  directed  to  report  to  this  Department  every  case 
of  violation  of  the  law  coming  under  their  observation. 


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